Transcession of DNA from bacteria to human cells in culture: A possible role in oncogenesis

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1022, Issue , 2004, Pages 195-201

  Anker, Philippe ^a   Zajac, Vladimir ^b   Lyautey, Jacqueline ^a   Lederrey, Christine ^a   Dunand, Christophe ^c   Lefort, François ^d   Mulcahy, Hugh ^e   Heinemann, Jack ^f   Stroun, Maurice ^a  

^a Extracellular Biol Res Laboratory   (Switzerland)

^b CANCER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Slovakia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^d Ecole d'Ingénieurs HES   (Switzerland)

^e ST VINCENT S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bacterial DNA; Circulating DNA; Horizontal gene transfer; Human DNA

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; CELL CULTURE; CELL STRAIN HL 60; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 3242686800     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1318.030     Document Type: Conference Paper

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